the house of miss birdie

So I just jumped off a building. Just kidding. I just jumped into life, once again. For the longest, I've been hiding. From what? I still don't know. I guess it was fear of failure, rejection, maybe even success. Bad business decisions. Ending friendships. Dead relationship. I guess I was traumatized. So I ran for cover. Problem was, I got stuck. I needed to feel safe again. Problem is, when you want to feel safe, after your heart slows down, you get warm and cozy. Warm and cozy is dangerous. Especially when you are a self-employed businesswoman. Warm and cozy does not pay bills. When you're broke and hungry, warm and cozy gets uncomfortable. You have to come out sometime. Hiding from what I was hiding from was fear of being hurt again. I had lost enough in such a short time, I wanted to be OK. Now that my heart is mending, my mind isn't as scattered. I'm in a better position to see that where I was before was nowhere I needed to be for my success. At ...

In dealing with anything in my past, I have learned not to look back. There’s no sense to do it, and it only makes you do stupid things. This gets to be hard when you have young children. They look back for you. They cry at night and ask for Daddy. It breaks your heart. But no matter what you say, you still can’t give them the answers that they are looking for. So I wrote a book a children’s book called, “Daddy Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” Before you see it as a hopeless plug, it is based on my own experience with my son. One night, he just wouldn’t stop crying. I thought he was just being stubborn about not going to bed. After letting him cry for ten minutes, I came in the room thinking that it may have been more serious. “Why isn’t Daddy coming back?” my son said, hopelessly. Well, you have to read the book to get the rest. (That’s the plug.) But the gist of it is letting our children know that although things don’t work out with us grown-ups, that he or she is still love...

It's been a long time since I've let you in on what I've been up to. I have been writing a lot lately. Afraid that I may lose my way in the process, I've been trying harder and harder to make it work. Someone told me, "Reality is too real." In other words, "Birdie, you write good books, but no one is going to buy them because the issues are too strong and no one wants to read about kids with problems." Hmmm. To me, it's all about how bad things can get for a child and making a way out for them. Meet them halfway. Sometimes I wonder if I should keep going... So, after I write this book, I see where it goes from there... ;) www.MissBirdiesBooks.com

Daddy Doesn't Live Here Anymore is about a child dealing with parental separation and the absence of a father's presence. Dealing with separation himself, my son was the inspiration behind me writing this one. I'm still looking for the illustrations, so this book is not on sale yet. Go to MissBirdiesBooks.com for our other books.

I won't talk to strangers book, there are different types of strangers. Anyone a child doesn't know, including parents' "friends" is a stranger until told otherwise. A child explains in their own words, the reasoning behind the decision of not talking to them. On sale now at www.missBirdiesbooks.com in the Talk to Me Series section.

You Are So Special to Me is a book about a parent explaining the sensitive subject of adoption to the inquiring child with tenderness and love . On sale now at www.missbirdiesbooks.com in the Talk to Me Series section.

My Mommy is sick is a book about a child is dealing with the pain of having a sick parent while trying to function daily with the other parent. On sale now at www.missbirdiesbooks.com in the Talk to Me Series.